Lifting device.



L. E. FOSDIGK.

LIITING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED IBM! 10, 1908.

924,754. Patented June 15, 1909.

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LIFTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed June 10, 1908. Serial No. 437,683.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD E. FosmoK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Liberty, Indiana, have invented a new and useful improvementin Lifting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to lifting devices adapted to the use ofundertakers, nurses, or others for lifting and moving bodies, and theobjects of my improvements are to provide a device whereby a singleoperator without any assistance may be enabled to raise and move a bodyas desired; to provide the windlass with a reversible pawl and ratchetwheel for securing it from turning'in either of opposite directions; toprovide independently adjustablc connections for the straps with theWindlass; to construct the device of separable members whereby it may beuickly and easily set up for use or knoc. ed down to form a compactbundle for storage or for transportation, and to provide a constructionand assemblage of parts wherein the material is distributed for0htaining the greatest strengthwith the least weight. These objects areattained in the following described manner as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are respective front andend elevations of a lifting device embodying my improvements; Fig. 3, anend elevation with parts in section of the Windlass and a removablebearing therefor; Fig. 4, a transverse section of the tubular Windlassthrough one of the cable slots therein; Fig. 5, a horizontal section onthe line aa, of Fig. 2 Fig. 6, a vertical section on the line bb of Fig.5, and Fig. 7, a plan of the stretcher bar shown in side elevation inFig. 2.

In the drawings, the end members 1 and 2 of the base are mounted oncasters 3 and each rovided near its rear end with a horizontal socket 4and a vertical socket 5. Said sockets are formed with respective keyseats 6 and 7 which intersect each other. A transverse member 8 of thebase is provided near each end with a collar 9 and with a key 11 whichis formed with atransverse notch or gap 12. The ends of member 8 areadapted to be removably inserted within sockets 4 to the extentpermitted by the collars 9 and the keys 11 within the respective keyseats 6 with the notches 12 therein in registration with the key seats7.

Standards 13 may be removably inserted Within the respective verticalsockets 5 with the keys .14 thereon in engagement both with the keyseats 7 and with the notches 12 in keys 1] for securely locking togetherthe intermediate member 8 and the end members 1 and 2 ofthe base. Afolding extension 15 secured to the top of each standard 13 by means ofa hinge. 16 is curved in a forward direction and formed with a verticalbearing 17 directly over an intermediate point in the length of thecorresponding end member of the base.

A Windlass 18 preferably consisting of two similar'tubular membersseparably connected together at 19 is provided with a removable crank 21and formed with a series of transverse slots 22. Said Windlass isjournaled in bearings 23 which are each formed with 9. depending stem 24adapted tobe reniovablyinsertcdwithin the bearings 17 in thecorresponding standard. Collars 25 serve to maintain the Windlass inproper longitudinal position within the bearings 23. A reversible pawl26 pivotally secured on an extension 27 of one of the bearings 23 ismaintained in engagement with the ratchet wheel 28 on the Windlass bymeans of a spring actuated pin 29 as shown in Fig. 3.

A plural number of spreaders 31 are each formed with similar end andintermediate transverse slots 32 and 33. Straps 34 preferably of canvasand provided at one end with hooks 35 may be thereby removably securedwithinone of the slots 32 of a corresponding spreader and adjustablyextended in downward and upward directions respectively through theopposite slot 32 and the middle slot 33 for forming a depending loop 36as shown in Fi 2. Said straps may be thence extended t rough thecorresponding slots 22 in the Windlass with the Spreaders in the desiredvertical position when the straps may be overlapped. to prevent themfrom sli ing and wound on the Windlass, as shown in ig. 4, to raise theloops with a body therein to any desired height.

The members of the base, the standards and the Windlass are preferablyformed of tubing to provide as much strength as possible for a givenweight of material. The members are either hinged or separably connectedtogether that they may be tied in a short and compact bundle forconvenient trans ortation, or quickly and easily assemb ed for use.

In operation, the intermediate and the end members of the base areconnected to-.

gether and secured by the insertion of' the standards in the verticalsockets. The Windlass may then be placed in either of oppositedirections as desired, with the bear mgs thereon in engagement with andsupported on the standards and directly over the base. The straps may beinserted under the body to be raised at the desired locations, as thehead, shoulders, loins and feet, by means of the spreaders or otherwise.By connecting the stra s with the Windlass as shown in Fig. 4, t embodymay be raised thereby as desired. In this manner an invalid may becarefully lifted by a sin 1e nurse or o'ierator and moved, making t 1edevice a va uable addition to hospital equipments. It is invaluable forthe use of undertakers without assistance in moving bodies from the bedto the cooling board and thence to the casket.

Havin fully described my improvements, what I c aim as my invention anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1s:-

1. A lifting device comprising a base, folding standards thereon, aWindlass removably supported on the standards, and a series of stra sremovably secured thereto and indepen ently adjustable thereon, for thepurpose specified.

2. lifting device comprising a base mounted on casters, foldingstandards removably supported thereon, a Windlass removably su ported onthe standards above the middle ine of the base, a strap adjustabl andremovably secured to the Windlass, an a spreader supported thereby.

3.A lifting device comprising a frame, folding standards removablysupported thereon, a Windlass removably supported on the standards andformed with a transverse slot, and a strap formed with a loop at one endand 'adjustably and automatically secured within the slot.

4. A lifting device com rising a se arable tubular frame formed 0 selfinter ockin mechanism, a Windlass removably journale'i thereon and aseries of straps independently and adjustably connected to the Windlassand simultaneously actuated thereby for lifting the body.

5. A lifting device comprising a frame formed of self interlockinmembers, a tubular Windlass journaled t ereon, means for locking theWindlass from rotating in either of opposite directions, and a series ofstraps independently adjustable thereon and simultaneously actuatedthereby for the purpose specified.

I LLOYD E. FOSDICK. Witnesses JOHN B. MACY, R. S. CARR.

